Jürgen Fassbender Explained

Jürgen Fassbender
Birth Date:1948 5, df=yes
Birth Place:Wesseling, Allied-occupied Germany
Retired:1981
Plays:Right-handed
Singlestitles:3
Highestsinglesranking:No. 31 (23 August 1973)
Frenchopenresult:3R (1973, 1974)
Wimbledonresult:QF (1973)
Usopenresult:2R (1972)
Othertournaments:yes
Olympicsresult:1R (1968, demonstration)
Doublestitles:16
Highestdoublesranking:No. 22 (1 March 1976)
Frenchopendoublesresult:SF (1973)
Wimbledondoublesresult:SF (1973, 1975)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (1975)
Othertournamentsdoubles:yes
Masterscupdoublesresult:RR – 2nd (1975)
Othertournamentsmixeddoubles:yes
Olympicmixeddoublesresult:F (1968, demonstration)

Jürgen Fassbender (German: Faßbender, born 28 May 1948) is a retired German tennis player.

On the ATP Tour, Fassbender won three singles and 15 doubles titles. His best Grand Slam singles result was reaching the quarterfinals at the 1973 Wimbledon Championships. In doubles, he reached the semifinals of the 1973 French Open and the 1973 and 1975 Wimbledon Championships.

Between 1968 and 1979, he played in 23 ties for the German Davis Cup team and compiled a record of 20 wins and 14 losses. Best team result was winning the European Zone and reaching the Inter-Zonal semifinal in 1968.[1] [2]

Career finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ResultW–L DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jul 1972Düsseldorf, West GermanyClay Ilie Năstase0–6, 2–6, 1–6
Win1–1Mar 1973Charleston, United StatesCarpet (i) Clark Graebner4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Loss1–2Mar 1974Paramus, United StatesCarpet (i) Sandy Mayer1–6, 3–6
Win2–2May 1974Munich, West GermanyClay François Jauffret6–2, 5–7, 6–1, 6–4
Loss2–3Feb 1975Boca Raton, United StatesHard Jimmy Connors4–6, 2–6
Win3–3Mar 1975Düsseldorf, West GermanyHard (i) Bernard Mignot6–3, 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 35 (16 titles, 19 runner-ups)

ResultW–L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 1968Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Wilhelm Bungert Gerald Battrick
Bobby Wilson
6–3, 7–5
Loss1–1Aug 1969Hamburg, West GermanyClay Jean-Claude Barclay Tom Okker
Marty Riessen
1–6, 2–6, 4–6
Loss1–2Jun 1972London Queen's Club, UKGrass Karl Meiler Jim McManus
Jim Osborne
6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Win2–2Jul 1972Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Mal Anderson
Geoff Masters
7–6, 6–4, 6–4
Win3–2Jan 1973Birmingham, United StatesHard Pat Cramer Clark Graebner
Ion Țiriac
6–4, 7–5
Loss3–3Feb 1973Salisbury, United StatesHard (i) Juan Gisbert Sr. Clark Graebner
Ilie Năstase
6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Win4–3Jun 1973Hamburg, West GermanyClay Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Manuel Orantes
Ion Țiriac
7–6, 7–6, 7–6
Loss4–4Oct 1973Manila, PhilippinesHard Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Marcello Lara
Sherwood Stewart
2–6, 0–6
Loss4–5Nov 1973Christchurch, New ZealandCarpet (i) Jeff Simpson Anand Amritraj
Fred McNair
w/o
Win5–5Jan 1974Omaha, United StatesCarpet (i) Karl Meiler Ian Fletcher
Kim Warwick
6–2, 6–4
Win6–5Feb 1974Baltimore, United StatesCarpet (i) Karl Meiler Owen Davidson
Clark Graebner
7–6, 7–5
Win7–5Feb 1974Little Rock, United StatesCarpet (i) Karl Meiler Vitas Gerulaitis
Bob Hewitt
6–0, 6–2
Win8–5Mar 1974Calgary, CanadaHard (i) Karl Meiler Iván Molina
Jairo Velasco Sr.
6–4, 6–4
Win9–5Mar 1974Tempe, ArizonaHard Karl Meiler Ian Fletcher
Kim Warwick
4–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss9–6May 1974Munich, West GermanyClay Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Antonio Muñoz
Manuel Orantes
6–2, 4–6, 6–7, 2–6
Win10–6May 1974Hamburg, West GermanyClay Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Brian Gottfried
Raúl Ramírez
6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss10–7Aug 1974Indianapolis, United StatesClay Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Jimmy Connors
Ilie Năstase
7–6, 3–6, 4–6
Loss10–8Aug 1974Montreal, CanadaHard Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Manuel Orantes
Guillermo Vilas
1–6, 6–2, 2–6
Loss10–9Nov 1974Jakarta, IndonesiaHard Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Ismail El Shafei
Roscoe Tanner
5–7, 3–6
Win11–9Jan 1975Birmingham, United StatesCarpet (i) Karl Meiler Colin Dowdeswell
John Yuill
6–1, 3–6, 7–6
Loss11–10Feb 1975Boca Raton, United StatesHard Ion Țiriac Juan Gisbert Sr.
Clark Graebner
2–6, 1–6
Loss11–11Mar 1975London WCT, UKCarpet (i) Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Paolo Bertolucci
Adriano Panatta
3–6, 4–6
Win12–11Jul 1975Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Colin Dowdeswell
Ken Rosewall
6–4, 9–7, 6–1
Loss12–12Aug 1975Columbus, United StatesHard Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Bob Lutz
Stan Smith
2–6, 7–6, 3–6
Loss12–13Nov 1975Buenos Aires, ArgentinaClay Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Paolo Bertolucci
Adriano Panatta
6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss12–14May 1976Munich, West GermanyClay Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Juan Gisbert Sr.
Manuel Orantes
6–1, 3–6, 2–6, 3–2 ret.
Loss12–15Jun 1976Berlin, West GermanyHard Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Patricio Cornejo
Antonio Muñoz
5–7, 1–6
Win13–15Jul 1976Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Paolo Bertolucci
Adriano Panatta
7–5, 6–3, 6–3
Loss13–16Jul 1976Kitzbühel, AustriaClay Hans-Jürgen Pohmann Jiří Hřebec
Jan Kodeš
7–6, 2–6, 4–6
Win14–16May 1977Düsseldorf, West GermanyClay Karl Meiler Paul Kronk
Cliff Letcher
6–3, 6–3
Win15–16Jul 1977Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay Karl Meiler Colin Dowdeswell
Bob Hewitt
6–4, 7–6
Loss15–17Mar 1978Lagos, NigeriaClay Colin Dowdeswell George Hardie
Sashi Menon
3–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss15–18May 1978Munich, West GermanyClay Tom Okker Ion Țiriac
Guillermo Vilas
6–3, 4–6, 6–7
Win16–18Jun 1978Berlin, West GermanyClay Colin Dowdeswell Željko Franulović
Hans Gildemeister
6–3, 6–4
Loss16–19May 1979Munich, West GermanyClay Jean-Louis Haillet Wojciech Fibak
Tom Okker
6–7, 5–7

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biographien – Jürgen Faßbender. Munzinger.
  2. Web site: Players – Jürgen Fassbender. ITF.